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Matthew Pullan
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Steiermark

About Me

Matthew Pullan is an avid cross country paraglider pilot who lives and works in Austria. He took up MYOG in 2010 and shares a flat in St Radegund with a battered Bernina Record 830. Favourite piece of gear: Ozone Alpina lightweight EN C paraglider.

City

St Radegund

State

Steiermark

Country

Austria

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All Forum Posts by Matthew Pullan

re sewingSounds a bit obvious, but sometimes when I have been sewing thick materials I have occasionally forgotten to drop the presser foot. It's easily done when the foot is held up by foam anyway. Not...

Bonding cat curvesDoes anyone know how to bond cat curves and get them nice and smooth? I don't see how they can be weighted unless you put them in a kind of bow shaped mould. Then a strip of cubed is taped over...

Sew through quilt.I think the 1.5 inch baffle height that appears in the Thru-hiker article is assuming that you sew in 1.5 inch baffles made from netting. It is not intended as a starting point for a sew through qu...

Waterproof hatHow about making the hat out of ventile?
http://www.extremtextil.de/catalog/EtaProof-waterproof-cotton-2nd-choice::550.htm
Then you can forget about the cover completely! BTW, I completely agr...

Chimney stoves fuel portI notice a lot of these home built stoves have the chimney port made in the same way as the 12-10: the bottom bulge of the can is punched upwards, then the can inverted to make the top of the stove...

Converted Vango Venom 150I just finished converting a Vango Venom 150 this morning, and I'm really pleased with the results.
I wouldn't touch this sleeping bag with a barge pole normally. As you can see fro...